Nacra A2 A-Class Catamaran
Designed by Pete Melvin of Morrelli & Melvin Inc. and Jeremy Laundergan of Askeland Engineering, the new Nacra A2 A-Class Catamaran builds on their success with the Waterat A-Cat they designed in 1996. Pete Melvin won the A-Cat World Championship with the Waterat in 1997 and the design went on to win five consecutive North American Championships.
The new Nacra A2 A-Cat design features low wetted surface area hulls with a high longitudinal righting moment to resist pitching. The low profile bows reduce windage and provide a clean entry for both light air and hull flying conditions.
May-June 2007: Jeremy Laundergan won both the Seattle and Santa Cruz West Coast A-Class Catamaran World Championship Qualifying Regattas in a Nacra A2
January 2007:After winning the 2006 North American Champs, Lars Guck won the A-Class Midwinter Championship in his custom Nacra A3.
2006 introduced the Nacra A3 as a model change which included repositioning the forward beam and adding a splash fairing between the foredecks and forward beam.
August 2005: PETE MELVIN sailing a Nacra A2 successfully defends his North American Championship in Oregon
June 2005: PETE MELVIN, sailing a Nacra A2 wins the 2005 International A-Class Catamaran Association World Championship
September 2004: PETE MELVIN, sailing a Nacra A2 wins the 2004 A-Class North American Championship in Michigan
NACRA A-2 wins Sailing World Magazine's 2005 “PERFORMANCE BOAT OF THE YEAR”
The A2 "Tooling and Prototyping" project wins Project Management Institute's Orange County chapter "2004 Project of the Year" award.
The Nacra A2 and A3 and hulls, daggerboards and rudders are fabricated by Morrelli & Melvin Inc. and feature vinylester resin infused carbon fiber skins. The carbon Hall Spars mast is autoclave cured. And the beams are prepreg carbon. Performance Catamarans, Inc. assembles the components and provides marketing, sales and distribution services.
The International A-Class Catamaran is a high-performance “box rule” International Sailing Federation design specification dictating an 18-foot long, 7½-foot wide catamaran with 150 square feet of sail area and a minimum weight of 165 pounds. The class has been steadily gaining popularity in the US since the World Championship was hosted in Long Beach, CA in 1997.
The International A-Class Catamaran is a high-performance “box rule” International Sailing Federation design specification dictating an 18-foot long, 7½-foot wide catamaran with 150 square feet of sail area and a minimum weight of 165 pounds. The class has been steadily gaining popularity in the US since the World Championship was hosted in Long Beach, CA in 1997.
European Council Certification
Askeland Engineering completed European Council Certification preparation and Calculations for the Nacra, Prindle and Inter families of catamarans
